gassing

[ gas-ing ]

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noun

an affecting, overcoming, or poisoning with gas or fumes.
the act of a person or thing that gasses.

a process by which something is gassed, as in fumigation.
the evolution of gases during electrolysis.

Origin of gassing

gas + -ing¹

Words Nearby gassing

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How to use gassing in a sentence

Bashar al-Assad is probably the first head of state to have improved his international status by gassing his own people.
For Bashar Al-Assad, Crossing Obama's Red Line Was a Win-Win | Anna Momigliano | November 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
By the summer of l942, the Allies and most of the world knew that the Nazis were gassing Jews in Belzec, Sobibor, and Treblinka.
The Savior of Sobibor | Richard Rashke | October 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
I thought she'd do; she seemed a gossipy woman, kept on knitting and gassing over a stove in the hall.
The Dark Tower | Phyllis Bottome
He's setting there now, gassing with a lot of the players, telling funny stories and the like.
Bunker Bean | Harry Leon Wilson
And we have been sitting here, gassing, whilst— He broke off abruptly.
The Lady of North Star | Ottwell J. Binns

You can't get out of it, after gassing so much about the place.
The Travelling Companions | F. Anstey
Time someone thought about it instead of gassing about the what was it the pensive bosom of the silver effulgence.
Ulysses | James Joyce

British Dictionary definitions for gassing

gassing

/ (ˈɡæsɪŋ) /

noun

the act or process of supplying or treating with gas
the affecting or poisoning of persons with gas or fumes

the evolution of a gas, esp in electrolysis

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